Celebrate this symbol of love, romance and fidelity by buying red roses for someone special or for yourself, or by planting roses in your yard or garden. To learn more about how to plant, grow and care for roses, click here.

English actor, comedian, and accomplished musician Hugh Laurie was born on June 11, 1959 in Oxford, England.

Although he had been acting since 1981, Hugh Laurie’s claim to fame didn’t come until 2004 when he began playing Dr. Gregory House on the hit television drama, House, M.D.. For this role he received two Golden Globe Awards, two SAG Awards, and six Emmy nominations. Hugh Laurie was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records in 2011 for being the highest paid actor in a television drama, raking in over $400,000 per episode.

In addition to being one of the most watched leading men on TV, Hugh Laurie has also starred in films like Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, Stuart Little, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Street Kings. He has also had a successful musical career, releasing two albums titled Let Them Talk and Didn’t It Rain.

June 10 is Iced Tea Day, so kick off the summer with a cool, refreshing pitcher of iced tea!

Did you know that drinking tea regularly (about three cups a day) may help prevent or reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease? It’s all thanks to tea’s detoxifying polyphenols, disease-fighting flavonoids and other antioxidants. Learn more about the health benefits of green tea by clicking here.

After Ben Franklin introduced rhubarb seeds to the North American east coast in the early 1800s, rhubarb, dubbed “pieplant,” became a popular addition to pies in America. Sweet strawberries mixed with the tart flavor of rhubarb make for one delicious piece of pie – especially when you top it off with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a hot June day.

Celebrate National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day by baking this sweet, tangy treat. Need a recipe?

Lassie was a fictional dog character created for the short story (later expanded to a novel) “Lassie Come Home” written by Eric Knight. On June 8, 1947 Lassie made its debut on ABC’s radio network, a fictional series about a caring collie based on the story by Eric Knight. Due to its popularity, Lassie was later picked up and made into a television program.

If you look for them, you can still find black and white re-runs of Lassie on TV. Celebrate Lassie Day by checking your local listings to see if you can catch any of the old Lassie episodes.

On June 7, 1769, frontiersman and explorer Daniel Boone encountered the forests and valleys of present-day Kentucky after spending months trekking across the Appalachian Mountains – an exploration no one else had made. Not only did the discovered area become the state of Kentucky, but Boone’s trail became the “Wilderness Road,” or the main road to the west, and opened up new land to be explored by the people of young America.

On June 6, 1933 the first ever drive-in movie theater, Park-In Theaters located on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, NJ, opened for business.

The idea for a drive-in movie theater was introduced by Richard Hollingshead, who was an avid movie lover and a sales manager at his father’s car parts store. Hollingshead conceived the notion of a movie theater out in the open air where people could enjoy films from their own vehicles.

The original slogan of the Park-In Theaters was “The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are.” Hollingshead charged 25 cents per vehicle and 25 cents per movie-goer with the total charge capped at no more than $1.00. Park-In Theaters was only open for a short time, but was able to rouse a niche industry that would boast more than 4,000 drive-in theaters during its hey-day in the 50s and 60s.

Celebrate the anniversary of the first drive-in movie theater by checking your local events calendar for drive-in movies near you!

American fantasy, science fiction, and horror writer Ray Bradbury was born in Illinois on August 22, 1920. He went on to become one of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century.

Ray Bradbury is most well known for The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953). Many of his novels have been recreated into popular comic books, TV shows, and movies.

Upon his death on June 5, 2012 The New York Times called him “the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the mainstream.” Ray Bradbury is survived by four daughters and several grandchildren.

English engineer Christopher Cockerell, best known for inventing the hovercraft, was born on June 4, 1910.

Until 1935, Cockerell worked for the Radio Research Company followed by a stint with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company until 1951. He invented the hovercraft in 1956.

A hovercraft is a vehicle that rests on an air cushion which is powered by a fan that is attached to the craft. The idea for the hovercraft was based on a desire to build a vehicle that moved over water surfaces, separated by a layer of air.

The world lost Cockerell on June 1, 1999 just a few days shy of his 89th birthday.

Alexander Graham Bell used his own invention, the “photophone”, to transmit the first wireless telephone message on June 3, 1880.

Bell held four different patents for a version of the photophone, which was similar to the telephone but different in their methods of projection; the photophone used light as a source, while the telephone used electricity.

The first voice transmission was sent by Alexander Graham Bell at the top of the Franklin School in Washington D.C. which now carries a plaque that reads: “FROM THE TOP FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING/WAS SENT ON JUNE 3, 1880/OVER A BEAM OF LIGHT TO 1325 ‘L’ STREET/THE FIRST WIRELESS TELEPHONE MESSAGE/IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.”